Variability in Fatty Acid Composition, Iodine Value and Carotene Content in the MPOB Oil Palm Germplasm Collection from Angola.

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Noh, Nookiah, Rajanaidu, Din, Ahmad Kushairi, Amiruddin, Mohd Din, Yusop, Mohd Rafii, Saleh, Ghizan, Zainal Abidin, Mohd Isa
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Malaysian Palm Oil Board 2002
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/838/1/PFP2.PDF; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/838/; http://palmoilis.mpob.gov.my/publications/joprv14n2.html#top

Forty-two progenies of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) germplasm collection from Angola were analyzed for their fatty acid composition and carotene content using gas chromatography and UV spectrophotometry, respectively. Their variation in the fatty acid t...